Carlisle, IN 47838 is located in Sullivan County and is part of the 8th Congressional District. The 8th Congressional District is currently represented by Larry Bucshon, a Republican. On the local level, Carlisle residents can vote for Mayor and Town Council members. The current Mayor is Mary Biggerstaff and the current Town Council Members consist of Carlisle residents including B.J. Stutzman, Ruth Ann Johnson, Jodie Smith, John Karr, Billy Calvert and Rhonda Cooley-Hale. Elections are held every four years to elect a new mayor and town council members. Residents of Carlisle have many opportunities to be involved in the political process by attending city meetings or participating in certain activities like voting during elections or volunteering on a campaign.
The political climate in Zip 47838 (Carlisle, IN) is very conservative.
Sullivan County, IN is very conservative. In Sullivan County, IN 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.9%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 47838 (Carlisle, IN) is very conservative.
Carlisle, Indiana is very conservative.
Sullivan County, Indiana is very conservative.
Terre Haute Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Indiana is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Carlisle, Indiana: r R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 47838 (Carlisle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)